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Now these circumstances coming into Hendrik's mind at the moment, led him to regard the quaggas with a certain feeling of curiosity. The sudden fright which the animals took on seeing him, and the comic appearance of the four with the stumped tails, rather inclined Hendrik towards merriment, and he laughed as he galloped along.
Once the quaggas had finished drinking, and just at the moment they were heading out of the water, the hunters could show themselves upon the opposite side, set the troop in quick motion, and gallop them into the trap. By this means not only one, but a whole pit-full might be captured at once!
In less than two weeks from that time, four of the quaggas were broken to the saddle, and perfectly obedient to the bit.
It would be no slight undertaking to dig a pit of proper size, for they would require one that would at least hold half-a-dozen quaggas at a time. Then there was the carrying away the earth that should come out of it, the cutting the poles and branches to cover it, and the placing of these in a proper manner.
But just at that moment boomed the loud detonation of the roer; and, then, like lesser echoes, the reports of the smaller guns on the right and left, while Swartboy shouted at the top pitch of his voice, from another quarter. A look back showed the quaggas that they were well-nigh surrounded by strange enemies.
But just at that moment boomed the loud detonation of the roer; and, then, like lesser echoes, the reports of the smaller guns on the right and left, while Swartboy shouted at the top pitch of his voice, from another quarter. A look back showed the quaggas that they were well-nigh surrounded by strange enemies.
They had planned a way by which the quaggas, at a certain moment, would be thrown into a complete panic, and thus forced pell-mell upon the pit. In this lay their hopes of securing a large number of the animals. Four was as many as were wanted. One for each of the hunters. Four would do; but of course it mattered not how many more got into the pit.
But the fifth mile was left behind, and then a sixth, and a seventh; and still the quaggas galloped wildly on the drove actuated by the fear of losing their liberty, and their old comrade by the desire of regaining his. Hendrik now felt real uneasiness. Where were they going? Where was the brute carrying him? Perhaps off to the desert, where he might be lost and perish of hunger or thirst!
In fact, the new-comers had points of resemblance to all four horse, ass, gnoo, and zebra and yet they were distinct from any. To the zebra they bore the greatest resemblance for they were in reality a species of zebra they were quaggas. These, however, are found on the fore-legs as upon horses.
They might kill many quaggas before obtaining one that was hit in the proper place. Besides there would be a waste of powder and bullets a thing to be considered. Why could they not snare the animals? He had heard of nooses being set for animals as large as the quaggas, and of many being caught in that manner. Hendrik did not think the idea of snaring a good one.
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